Latvia in the Sun’s sign
Sculptor Vilnis Titans dedicated a group of sculptures to the
80th anniversary of proclamation of independence of the Latvian
Republic. He named it "Latvia in the Sun’s sign". These sculpture
mark Latvia in the map symbolically, since they were put in the
distal points of Latvia:
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| NORTH |
SOUTH |
EAST |
WEST |
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"Baltas naktis" |
"Saules puke" |
"Austras koks" |
"Zalais stars" |
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| Vidzeme region, Rujiena district, Ipiki rural
municipality |
Latgale region, Daugavpils district, Demene
rural municipality |
Latgale region, Zilupe district, Pasiene rural
municipality, Meikšani |
Kurzeme region, Nica district, Nica rural
municipality, Bernati |
The sculptor Vilnis Titans (26.VII 1944. - 10.VI 2006.)
Numerous granite sculptures have been installed in the rural
areas of Latvia by Vilnis Titans. They are different signs,
memorials of different cultural events and toponyms, sculptural
interpretations of cosmological ornaments.
Vilnis Titans had close contacts with the folklore movement, he
participated in the volunteers' group that under the guidance of
the popular Latvian poet, Imants Ziedonis, organized the protection
and revitalisation of typically Latvian landscape elements – giant
trees and historical places.
The largest of Titans's site objects is an eight-meter high pyramid
of rough stones with the names of the neighboring farms on them.
The impressive arrangement has become part of the surrounding
landscape. This object is devoted to the famous folklorist,
Krišjanis Barons, and it is situated at Valpene, in the Kurzeme
region, near the place where Barons spent his early years.
The cache "Piramida"